State Senator: CRCT Cheating Should Be Crime

The head of Georgia’s Senate education committee says it should be a crime for educators to change answers on students’ standardized tests. Dunwoody Republican Senator Dan Weber wants the new law in the wake of an audit last week that showed answers had been changed on some fifth-grade CRCT’s at a handful of elementary schools. The Governor’s office says Sonny Perdue may be open to supporting such a measure if prosecutors feel current statutes are not enough. A Perdue spokesman tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution those found cheating could be charged under an existing law prohibits tampering with state documents.